Mouse Cursor is distorted?

mawst · 2023-01-22 17:37:46

Hi,

I'm not sure if I don't have the correct icons package installed or what the issue is (see screenshot). Just not sure how to fix this issue.

Any input would be appreciated.

~mawst

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uname -a

Linux yoshindu 4.19.0-20-686 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.235-1 (2022-03-17) i686 GNU/Linux

johnraff · 2023-01-23 02:32:50

The default BunsenLabs icon package is dmz-cursor-theme, so check you have it installed.

Then check your cursor icon theme with
Menu > Preferences > Appearance > Mouse Cursor
It should be set to DMZ (White).

mawst · 2023-01-23 19:59:34

Hey thanks for your response, got me pointed in the right direction. What I realized was that I was running gdm3 rather than lightdm, so I did a dpkg reconfigure and switched over to lightdm, which immediately cured my mouse cursor...

The only issue I have now is that I don't seem to be able to log into any of the desktops listed:

bunsenlabs, fluxbox, openbox, blackbox and three or four sessions name gnome (including gnome on Xorg)

Is there something I need to do to rebuild my session list?

Last edited by mawst (2023-01-23 23:01:11)

johnraff · 2023-01-24 01:11:45

You're now using lightdm, so at the top of the login screen there's a row of small icons. One of them will show the BunsenLabs flame (if you're currently using the BunsenLabs session) and a dropdown menu of all the other sessions which have put .desktop files in /usr/share/xsessions. (If one of the sessions you want to use has no such .desktop file you could try making one by hand, using the others as templates.)

To use another session, select it before logging in.

mawst · 2023-01-24 01:41:43

Solved.

Thanks again for your time.

What I did to fix the issue was from CLI to:

1: rm -rf /home/myuser/.X* ; rm -rf /home/myuser/.xs*
2: signed into bunsenlabs session once more from lightdm.
3: profit

Last edited by mawst (2023-01-24 01:42:53)

johnraff · 2023-01-24 05:32:30

mawst wrote:

1: rm -rf /home/myuser/.X* ; rm -rf /home/myuser/.xs*

This will have removed ~/.Xresources and ~/.xsessionrc both of which contain important configuration, along with error messages in ~/.xsession-errors (which will be recreated after the next login).

You can recover the default BunsenLabs user configuration from /usr/share/bunsen/skel by running:

bl-user-setup --reset

You will be prompted before overwriting any personal settings.

#1 2023-01-22 17:37:46

Mouse Cursor is distorted?

#2 2023-01-23 02:32:50

Re: Mouse Cursor is distorted?

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